Guide to Updating Plug-ins

Configuring FileMaker Server (Windows and Mac OS) 6-17
Changing the port number
The port number setting indicates the type of the port required by
your directory service. Some LDAP-compliant directory services
use a port number other than the default, 389.
To change the port number for your directory service connection:
1. In the Properties (Windows) or Preferences (Mac OS) dialog box,
click the Directory Service tab.
2. Select Register FileMaker Server with a directory service.
3. Click Advanced.
4. In the Advanced dialog box, type a number.
Click Default to restore the value to 389, the designated port number
for LDAP.
5. Click OK.
Restoring FileMaker Server
default settings
To restore all default settings:
Protecting files with a password
It is especially important to use the access privileges in
FileMaker Pro when files are shared on a network. Using
FileMaker Pro, you can restrict what users see and do in a database
file by defining passwords and groups. Passwords limit what users
can do and groups limit the layouts and fields they can see.
Important Protect shared FileMaker Pro 5.x files by using
FileMaker Pro access privileges. Although the shared FileMaker Pro
files reside on a file server, which may have its own security scheme,
any files available to FileMaker Pro guests bypass network and file
server protection. For more information about protecting files with a
password, see chapter 9 in the FileMaker Pro 5 User’s Guide. See
also FileMaker Pro 5.5 Help for information about using record-by-
record access privileges.
How FileMaker Server behaves during
system sleep (Windows 2000 and Mac OS)
Windows 2000 supports Power Conservation mode, which can cause
your server computer to sleep (hibernate or enter Standby mode),
suspending access to hosted databases.
Computers running the Mac OS can suspend operation when they
enter an energy-saving system sleep state.
FileMaker Inc. recommends that you disable sleep mode on
computers running FileMaker Server.
To prevent your system from sleeping:
1 Windows 2000: Disable Hibernation and Standby Mode in the Power
options control panel on the computer running FileMaker Server.
Windows Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1 Mac OS X
Uninstall FileMaker
Server and reinstall it.
See “Uninstalling
FileMaker Server
(Windows)” on
page 2-5.
Quit FileMaker Server,
then delete the files
FileMaker Server 5.5 Prefs.
This file is stored in the
Preferences folder inside
the System Folder.
In the Preferences dialog,
click the Restore Settings
button, click OK, then
restart FileMaker Server
Config.